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EARLY VOTING KICKOFF

BY RIKKI MASSAND

Nassau County Legislator Joshua Lafazan Nassau County Legislator Joshua Lafazan (Woodbury) joined community organizers and Hot 97 Music Director and multimedia personality T.T. Torrez on Saturday, Oct. 24 to launch a non-partisan youth early voting initiative aimed at encouraging young Long Islanders to take an active role in the democratic process.

Free f lu shots for seniors

The Town of Oyster Bay, in partnership with NuHealth (Nassau University Medical Center) will provide free flu shots to residents aged 60+. The Town of Oyster Bay’s Free Flu Vaccination Program will take

place on Monday, November 2 at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center, located at 1001 Stewart Avenue in Bethpage.

The program will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and vaccinations will be administered on a first-

come, first served basis.

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Optyx New York optometry and eyewear boutique, which is located in Woodbury Village, recently celebrated the successful launch of two more Long Island locations in spite of the pandemic’s economic impacts.

Both new locations are along Long Island’s North Shore; one west of Syosset/Woodbury in Port Washington, Nassau County, and the other east of Syosset/ Woodbury in Port Jefferson, Suffolk County. The Woodbury Village location, which opened in May 2019, was the ninth Optyx to open in the New York metropolitan area, and the two locations announced and opened this year are numbers 10 and 11.

While some industries have been negatively impacted by COVID-19, other service-based businesses have flourished in the age of social distancing.

Optyx’s management explains that safety has been prioritized since the pandemic’s spread.

At every Optyx boutique, customers/patients’ temperatures are taken upon arrival.

Inside, masks are worn by all and doctors (optometrists) have plexiglass dividers in front of machines, to separate the doctor and patients during the entire eye exam process.

The stores also have begun offering blue light lenses to help with increased screen

Dr. Christine Law, optometrist at Optyx location in Woodbury Village.

Photo by Len Marks time; online shopping at Optyx. com with contact lenses store; Telehealth services, and making curbside pickup and home delivery for customers available upon request.

Dr. Christine Law, optometrist at the Optyx in Woodbury, commented: “Patients have always had the ability to come into the local boutique for a private appointment, as they specialized in serving one client per hour for comprehensive eye exams and fittings, and have been a neighborhood fixture and See page 14

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Email: Editor@GCNews.com

Vigilance a must in COVID fight

To the Editor: After the recent discovery of troubling COVID-19 ‘hotspots’ throughout the metropolitan region, Governor Cuomo launched the Cluster Action Initiative a three-tiered framework of restrictions that will be strategically implemented to squelch outbreaks in their earliest stages so that they do not wreak further havoc.

While I am grateful that communities within the 16th Legislative District have not been directly impacted by a COVID19 hotspot as of this moment, this development must serve as a stark reminder to all of us that continued vigilance is essential as we navigate the days and weeks ahead.

With colder weather on the horizon, it is especially important to commit to washing your hands frequently, wearing masks, and observing proper social distancing. If you feel ill - and especially if you experience ailments consistent with a symptomatic case of COVID-19 - stay home and call your doctor right away.

Even if you are feeling well, adherence to these CDC guidelines is essential because

you may be an asymptomatic carrier that can infect others.

Actively monitoring your health will give you the necessary knowledge for making informed decisions that will protect your family, your friends and your entire community. That is why I have worked alongside Dr. Perry Frankel and Advanced Cardiovascular Diagnostics throughout the pandemic to bring mobile COVID antibody testing to Hicksville, Syosset, and twice to Plainview. Our series of pop-up clinics allowed hundreds of residents to learn their COVID antibody status and undergo important cardiovascular exams in a convenient setting. I am deeply grateful to Dr. Frankel for his unwavering commitment to this crucial public health initiative.

After resoundingly flattening the COVID-19 curve this summer, Nassau County is approaching a pivotal moment in this pandemic. Now more than ever, it is essential for all of us to take proactive, proven steps to preserve our hard-fought progress.

Arnold W. Drucker, Nassau County Legislator

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Bethpage athletes safely return to the field

Bethpage High School students played volleyball during the district’s 21st Century Sports Activity Program, a new program created to offer students clinic-style practice sessions, while following all safety guidelines and precautions.

Photo courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District In an effort to ensure students can stay active while interscholastic athletic competition is postponed, the Bethpage School District created the 21st Century Sports Activity Program. As a branch of their 21st Century Junior Scholars Program, the athletic program offers afterschool sports activities to John F. Kennedy Middle School and Bethpage High School students.

“Extracurricular activities are a vital part of our students’ overall development,” Superintendent David Schneider said in an email to the community.

The program’s activities are clin-

ic-style sessions, which offer equal opportunity and play to all participants. Sessions begin about an hour after each school dismisses and are open to any middle or high school student who would like to participate.

“The 21st Century Sports Program gives students a safe environment to be active, as we’re practicing all of the safety guidelines,” said John Franci, director of athletics, physical education and health. “It’s great for students to get some physical activity and be back with their friends and coaches.”

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Assemblyman John Mikulin (R,C,I-Bethpage) was joined by (from left to right) Councilman Dennis Dunne, Sr.; Bob Koenig, blood donor; George Gibson, blood donor; Mikulin; Town Clerk Kate Murray; Legislator John Ferretti and Third Deputy Chief Matt Angelletta for the blood drive on Oct. 15 at the Levittown Fire Department.

Fifty-nine pints of blood were collected at a blood drive offered by the New York Blood Center Services at Levittown Fire Department on Thursday, Oct. 15. The event was held through the combined efforts of Town of Hempstead Councilman Dennis Dunne, Sr., the Levittown Fire Department and Assemblyman David McDonough. All social distancing guidelines were in place to ensure donor and volunteer safety.

“The blood collected today will save countless lives,” said Assemblyman John Mikulin. “It is great to see the community come together during these difficult times as blood donations are needed across the county. The pandemic has created a blood shortage and continued donations are essential.

Thank you to all who donated.”

The COVID-19 pandemic has depleted the nation’s supply of blood on hand. One single donation can save up to three lives.

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Free f lu shots for seniors The Town of Oyster Bay, in partnership with NuHealth (Nassau University Medical Center) will provide free flu shots to residents aged 60+. The Town of Oyster Bay’s Free Flu Vaccination Program will take place on Monday, November 2 at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center, located at 1001 Stewart Avenue in Bethpage. The program will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and vaccinations will be administered on a first-come, first served basis.

Supervisor Saladino stated, “Thanks to a partnership with NuHealth, the influenza inoculations are being made available to senior citizens with no outof-pocket expense. Health professionals recommend getting a seasonal influenza vaccination annually, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever this year! By getting a

vaccination, you can protect yourself, reduce the spread of respiratory illness to others and help limit the strain on our healthcare workers are they continue to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Dr. Anthony Boutin, president/chief executive officer and chief medical officer for NuHealth, stated, “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highly recommends getting your flu shot this fall not only to reduce your risk from flu but also to help conserve potentially scarce health care resources. Join us on November 2nd as we administer these free flu shots to senior citizens in the Town of Oyster Bay.” According to healthcare professionals, people 65 years of age and older are at higher risk of developing health complications from the season flu.

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Division Avenue athlete honored as scholarship finalist

Senior Tarangini Arunachalam from Division Avenue High School was named a finalist in the 2020 Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarship Program.

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Division Avenue High School senior Tarangini Arunachalam from the Levittown Public Schools was selected as a finalist in the

2020 Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarship Program. The national competition is held by the Positive Coaching Alliance and recognizes student-athletes who exemplify the positive contributions of a TripleImpact Competitor. This includes making oneself better (personal mastery), making teammates better (leadership) and making the sport better (honoring the game).

Arunachalam demonstrates each of these while on Division Avenue High School’s badminton, basketball and tennis teams. She applied for the scholarship program by writing an essay about how she meets the Positive Coaching Alliance’s criteria.

“Tarangini is an excellent competitor that brings her best during both practice and matches,” said Gregory Larkin, Arunachalam’s badminton coach. “The greatest thing about her though is how she works with her teammates and takes greater satisfaction in the accomplishments of the team than in her individual accolades.”

All the finalists are in the running to win a scholarship of $1,000-$2,000 depending on their location.

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Levittown Council announces Halloween Horror House winners A new approach to voting in the annual Halloween Horror House contest by Levittown Community Council (LCC) has attracted thousands of views and engagements on the organization’s Facebook page.

This year, the Council, via social media, requested nominations from the public, and four houses were nominated to be in the running for three winning positions. Volunteers from the organization, President Pat Patane and Secretary Mary Kay Ross then chose three from the list of nominations to be in the competition. Winners, selected by the most votes, were announced on Monday, October 25.

According to Patane and Ross, all of the houses are “must-sees” for an exciting fun Halloween experience.

The first place winner is Phil Sellitto, whose home at 47 Hamlet Road, Levittown incorporates an eerie variety of mesmerizing props that he has handcrafted to delight the neighborhood. Sellitto has put his engineering degree to good use and his latest creation is a handmade coffin that opens upon to his command, is equipped with smoke, and just begging for Bela Lugosi to make an appearance. From a stagecoach driven by skeletal horses, to the huge spiders attacking the roof of his home, it is hard to believe that he created this spine-chilling display. Adding to the adventure, Sellitto invites those brave enough, to go through his walk-through, built on the side of his home.

Taking a close second in the number of votes submitted, were Steve and Kristen Angiuli and their children Ava and Giulianni, whose home at 3104 N. Jerusalem Road, Wantagh, is a month-long project incorporating amazing props and astounding animatronics meant to delight the spectators. Skeletons on the roof search for access to the home, and a video projects to the outside from an upstairs bedroom window. Steve has always liked the Halloween theme. His dad got him inter-

The Angiuli home on Jerusalem Road.

The Sellitto home on Hamlet Road ested in horror movies when he was a kid and, apparently, he has spread that interest to his family, which begins the decorating process in September and tweaks and adds throughout the season.

Coming in third in the selection process was the home of Ann and Bill Rehder at 59 Prentice Road, Levittown. Keeping the Halloween tradition alive for the past ten years, the Rehders have been decorating their house in this horror-filled fashion

for the past ten years, and were chosen as a second place winner in the LCC’s 2016 Halloween Horror House contest. They started out small and have expanded their decorations each year bringing the spectacle to new heights with skeletons nicely placed as they crawl on the roof.

Also in the running was the Mouzakitts home at 215 Blacksmith Road, Levittown.

With barely a space left on the front lawn, the spooktacular display is amazing.

The Rehder home on Prentice Road

Evelyn and Bill Mouzakitts enjoy decorating and switch things up every year. A second place winner in the 2019 contest, this year’s addition includes witches in the carport area that appear to be conducting a bewitching spell.

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Syosset High School student’s Bethpage ballfield environmental poetry wins prestigious award remediation project operational

Sabrina Guo

BY GARY SIMEONE Syosset High School sophomore Sabrina Guo’s poetry has earned her top honors in three international poetry competitions, including the 2020 Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Award. Her poem, entitled “Open Sun,” was the winning submission in the 13–18-year-old youth category. The contest is organized by the nonprofit Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.

Guo said the poem has a special meaning to her, as it relates to the human tragedies suffered by migrant families trying to make a life for themselves in the United States.

“At the center of the presidential debate last week was the harrowing news that the US can’t find the parents of 545 migrant children representing two thirds of the total separated by the current administration in 2017,” said Guo. “My poem ‘Open Sun’ speaks to the horrific conditions and the human tragedies these migrant families faced.”

One of the emotional and memorable lines in her poem read “On TV I watch the colorful dreams of children shrivel in the open sun. Held in cages each family loses hope that summer will end- the rusting fences the humanity of drinking rain. Metal

bowls scratch the wooden tables until dawn.”

Guo put together a COVID-19 relief organization earlier this year called LILAC (Long Island Laboring Against COVID-19.) She helped organize the delivery of tens of thousands of necessary PPE to hospitals in Nassau County and Queens.

She said that the $500 writing prize she earned for her first-place submission in the contest was donated entirely to help the abandoned migrant children.

“I'm happy to say that as I was leading my COVID-19 relief organization, I also sent $500 of my writing prize to help out with free lunches for the migrant children and shipped 1500 masks to a community organization in New Orleans that united 140 migrant children with their separated families.”

Guo said she never imagined her poetry writing journey would lead her into the domain of social activism.

“A few years ago, I would have never thought that my poetry writing journey would lead to social activism in action that serves the needs of migrant children separated from their families, and that in a time of darkness, I can shed some light and hope with a story only I could tell.”

In addition to her winning first place in the international poetry contest, Guo is the recipient of five national gold medals and one silver medal in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. She is also a two-time first place winner in the 2020 Poetry Society of Virginia Award and Student Poetry contest.

The precocious teenager recently attended a virtual award ceremony for the top 100 winners around the world for the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award. As one of the 85 commended winners of the contest, her work will be published in an online anthology and featured in one of their media platforms.

As well as being published, the Poetry Society of UK (United Kingdom) will provide for performance and development opportunities and access to a paid internship program.

Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino and workers at the control remediation equipment control panel and near the ballfield which is now enclosed with a protective cover.

The Town of Oyster Bay has announced that environmental remediation of the long-shuttered contaminated ballfield at Bethpage Community Park is underway, with thermal equipment now operational. The work is being conducted by the Northrop Grumman Corporation under the oversight by the Town, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the New York State Department of Health (DOH).

“Bethpage ballfield has been closed to the public for too many years. We pushed Grumman to make remediation a priority and this environmental cleanup is now underway as equipment is operational,” said Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino. “While the thermal equipment will take some time to treat the contamination, we will ensure that this property is cleaned to the highest standard so that it can be returned to the residents of Bethpage as an active ballfield once again.”

Following extensive planning and testing, Northrop Grumman is remediating two types of contamination under the ballfield. To do so, a wellfield was installed to heat the soil and create a vacuum to capture gases released as the soil is heated.

Over the summer of 2020, Grumman installed all remaining components of the treatment system, including process piping, heaters, electrical connections and treatment equipment to support the start-up and operation of the treatment system. These remedial systems are located on the adjacent Grumman-owned property behind the ballfield. A cover over the wellfield site was installed to ensure no

soil vapors are released into the air.

Continuous air monitoring is being conducted to ensure community safety. Once the target soil temperature has been reached, this new system the largest thermal remediation project in all of New York State - will operate for approximately six months.

Once thermal treatment is complete, the treated soil will be resampled and analyzed, as well as again reviewed by DEC and DOH. The project will then enter Phase III, anticipated for some time after mid-2021.

Phase III consists of the physical removal of specific soils which have been found to contain contaminants such as metals and PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls). This process, which is expected to take six to nine months to complete, was also reviewed and approved by the DOH and DEC, who will continue to conduct analysis as the project progresses.

Bethpage Community Park was closed to the public in 2002 when elevated levels of soil contamination were first discovered. Sections reopened following extensive testing, and in 2006 the park underwent a significant remediation project. The ballfield, however, remained closed as contamination levels reached far below ground and the cleanup required for full remediation was exorbitant. Once this new system is started, it is expected to take 9–12 months to complete the targeted cleanup of the deeper soils at the ballfield. This will be measured through soil sampling, and once achieved the system will be removed, allowing for Phase III of the project to get underway, which includes excavation of contaminated soil at the property.

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Hicksville students, staff thank Board of Education The week of Oct. 19 marked School Board Recognition Week and students and staff in the Hicksville School District did their part to say thank you. At the district’s virtual Board of Education meeting on Oct. 21, Superintendent Marianne Litzman personally and publicly thanked the board of volunteers for dedicating their time to better the school community.

During the virtual meeting, video messages were played from Hicksville High School and Hicksville Middle

School students. The students thanked the board for its efforts that went into reopening schools and for the opportunities they are given to make their school experience memorable.

The meeting also included a presentation from the district’s seven elementary schools. Students from each school hand-made signs, cards, or booklets to give to each individual board member, as their way to say thank you.

Photos courtesy of Hicksville School District

Dutch Lane students created a sign featuring their handprints to thank Trustee Linda Imbriale.

Woodland Elementary School thanked Board of Education member Carla Hoene by creating booklets featuring what students like best about their school.

Students at Lee Avenue created a sign to show their appreciation for Board President Phil Heckler.

Burns Avenue students wore masks and stood socially distant while holding a card to thank Board of Education Trustee Irene Carlomusto.

The Town of Oyster Bay is looking for volunteers to help senior citizens register for Smart911, a free public safety service offered by the Nassau County Police Department that allows residents to provide 911 emergency call takers and emergency responders with one’s health condition, prescription medicines and other important medical information. Students are especially sought to help seniors.

Councilwoman Walsh stated “With many senior citizens not utilizing a computer, this volunteer initiative allows students help their aging neighbors register lifesaving

information with the Nassau County Police Department and ensure the highest level of emergency response during a critical time. The information we submit to Smart911 enables first responders to make better decisions more quickly when taking your call and arriving at your home during an emergency.”

Smart911 allows all residents to create a free safety profile for their household at www.smart911.com that includes information necessary for 911 call takers to have in the event of an emergency. Details can include names and photos of all family members, medical conditions, allergies,

pets, and emergency contacts. The Safety Profile created by residents will immediately display to 911 call takers when receiving an emergency call, and also provides a way for residents to include information that will enhance disaster response such as power needs for medical equipment, evacuation assistance and sheltering needs. In the event of a natural disaster, public safety officials will be able to quickly determine which residents need assistance.

“Smart911 streamlines the time necessary to collect critical information and allows faster assignment and dispatch of responders to call

locations with more information to assist the residents quickly,” added Councilwoman Walsh.

Smart911 also provides the capability to conduct Mass Emergency Alerting callouts, allowing residents to opt-in to receive emergency alerts from public safety officials based on geographic locations of events.

These mass notifications can be sent through various means of communications including phone, text or e-mail.

To volunteer your time registering senior citizens for Smart911, please call the Office of Councilwoman Vicki Walsh at (516) 624-6618.

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Bethpage unites against bullying Members of the Bethpage Fire Department visited Kramer Lane Elementary School in the Bethpage School District to teach fire safety to kindergarten students on Oct. 22. The firefighters taught students what to do if there is a fire

and how to create a fire safety plan with their families. The students were then able to get a closeup tour of the firetruck, stopping to learn about specific aspects along the way.

Photos courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District

Students at Central Boulevard Elementary School in the Bethpage School District celebrated Unity Day on Oct. 21 by wearing orange to symbolize acceptance, kindness and inclusion.

Lisa Ianno’s fifth grade class at Central Boulevard Elementary School in the Bethpage School District proudly wore orange on Unity Day to take a stance against bullying on Oct. 21.

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LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING BY THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 246, Section 246-12 of the Code of the Town of Oyster Bay, notice is hereby given that the Zoning Board of Appeals has scheduled a public meeting, which will take place in the Town Hall Meeting Room, Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, New York, on NOVEMBER 5, 2020, at 7:00 P. M., to consider the following appeals: ----------------------------------------------BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS APPEAL NO. 20-403 SYOSSET LEON KOGAN: (A) Variance to construct front porch and two story additions having less front yard setback than permitted by Ordinance. (B) Variance to construct escape well and allow existing air conditioning unit having less side yard setback than permitted

by Ordinance. (C) Variance to allow existing air conditioning unit exceeding maximum side yard encroachment than permitted by Ordinance. (D) Variance to construct two story additions, front porch and detached garage exceeding maximum building coverage and gross floor area than permitted by Ordinance. (E) Variance to construct garage exceeding maximum height than permitted by Ordinance.

(F) Variance to construct detached garage and allow existing shed exceeding maximum rear lot coverage than permitted by Ordinance.

S/s/o School House Ln., 229.1 ft. E/o Split Rock Rd., a/k/a 59 School House Lane, Syosset, NY ----------------------------------------------APPEAL NO. 20-404 SYOSSET VIVEK TAYAL: (A) Variance

to construct front one story garage addition and front roof over porch having less average front yard setback than permitted by Ordinance. (B) Variance to construct rear one story addition with roof over porch, side two story addition and front one story garage addition having less side yard setback than permitted by Ordinance; also encroachment of eaves and gutters. (C) Variance to construct enclosed porch, second story addition, front roof over porch, front one story garage addition, side two story addition, rear one story addition with roof over porch, rear roof over porch and existing two (2) sheds exceeding maximum building coverage than permitted by Ordinance. (D) Variance to construct enclosed porch, second story addition, front one story garage addition, side two story addition, rear one story addition with roof over porch and rear roof over porch exceeding maximum gross floor area than permitted by Ordinance. (E) Variance to construct roof over existing two story dwelling and second story addition having less roof pitch than permitted

by Ordinance. (F) Variance to allow existing two (2) sheds having less side yard setback and front yard setback than permitted by Ordinance.

S/s/o Doone Dr., 118.80 ft. E/o Ashford Dr., a/k/a 4 Doone Drive, Syosset, NY ----------------------------------------------OCTOBER 26, 2020

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One hundred twenty-seven students from Division Avenue High School were recognized with at least one AP Scholar title for their performance on College Board’s Advanced Placement exams.

Two hundred eighty-eight Levittown students from both Division Avenue High School and General Douglas MacArthur High School were recognized as Advanced Placement Scholars by the College Board for their scores on college-level Advanced Placement exams.

These exceptional students represent those from Division Avenue and MacArthur’s Class of 2020 and 2021.

The College Board recognizes different levels of achievement based on a student’s performance on these

exams. Some students received more than one title based on their scores.

• 157 students from both schools were named AP Scholars, receiving scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams.

• 78 students from both schools were named AP Scholars with Distinction, given to students with an average score of at least a 3.5 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.

• 53 students from both schools

One hundred sixty-one students from MacArthur High School were honored with at least one AP Scholar title for their performance on College Board’s Advanced Placement exams. were named AP Scholars with Honor, earning an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.

• 13 students from both schools were named National AP Scholars, granted to those who receive an average score of at least a 4 on all AP exams taken and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.

In addition, 19 students from both schools received the AP Capstone Diploma and 13 earned the AP

Seminar and Research Certificate.

The AP Capstone Diploma is presented to students who earn scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar and AP Research and on four additional AP Exams of their choosing. The AP Seminar and Research Certificate is granted to those who earn scores of 3 or higher in both AP Seminar and AP Research.

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Taxi company offers free rides to polls All Island Transportation, a local taxi service, will be offering free transportation to and from the polls for senior citizens and physically challenged individuals during the early voting period of October 24 through November 1 between the hours of 10 a.m. through 3 p.m.

“As a family owned and operated business here in Nassau County we know first-hand the effects that COVID-19 has had on families and businesses throughout the county. If our offer of free transportation eases the burden for even one family it will be well worth it.” Said Marianne

Blessinger, president of All Island Transportation.

Voters may go to any early voting location in the county to cast their ballots. In the local area the following locations will be open: • Hicksville- Levittown Hall201 Levittown Pkwy.

• Plainview- Mid-Island Y JCC- 45 Manetto Hill Rd. • Massapequa- Town Hall South- 977 Hicksville Rd. To reserve a vehicle please call 516-742-2222 on any one of the early voting period days.

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Dr. Anthony Boutin, president/chief executive officer and chief medical officer for NuHealth, stated, “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highly recommends getting your flu shot this fall not only to reduce your risk from flu but also to help conserve potentially scarce health care resources. Join us on November 2nd as we administer these free flu shots to senior citizens in the Town of Oyster Bay.”

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Two local veterans to be honored by American Airpower Museum

WWII veteran Bud (Bernard) Rosch holding a photograph taken in 1940, during pilot training, of himself (left) and friend Frank Visciglia (right), who was killed in action during the war.

Dr. Richard Heinl

The American Airpower Museum will present special honors to two local veterans at its annual Veterans Day program on on Saturday, November 7, 2020, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Museum, located at Republic Airport, Hangar 3, 1230 New Highway, Farmingdale. The museum is Long Island's only flying military aviation museum.

Among the honorees are eight WWII veterans from Long Island’s Greatest Generation. The first featured WWII hero is Bud Rosch of Bethpage. Rosch, 99, served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was shot down in Italy on December 28, 1944.

He was a crew member on a B-24

later conflicts,” Museum President Clyman said.

Join the Museum members and participants at the November 7th at AAM’s Ceremony of Honors.

Afterwards, watch in awe as aircraft from AAM’s fleet of meticulously maintained vintage warbirds depart from the Museum’s ramp and take to the skies to perform precision flybys over Republic Airport, creating super camera-ready opportunities for military aviation enthusiasts.

Admission for Adults is $13, Seniors & Veterans $10 and Children $8. No tickets or pre-registration is necessary. Due to the need for social distancing, admission will be limited

Bomber and flew on 51 missions.

The second featured WWII hero is Dr. Richard Heinl of Syosset. Heinl, 96, was in the U.S. Army Infantry from 1943-46 in Germany and received the Bronze Star, to which he humbly said “I honestly don’t know what for, I just did my job.” (Bronze Stars are awarded for heroic achievements in a combat zone.)

Additional honorees are Long Island veterans who were active in Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War and Afghanistan. “Whether they served in the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, Merchant Marines or Coast Guard, all veterans played an equal role in our victories in WWII and

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to first come/first served and a maximum attendance of 150 persons will be allowed on the outdoor ramp area.

Visitors will be required to wear face masks and have temperatures digitally taken at the entrance. So bring your own lunch, hang out and enjoy the AAM experience! (Afternoon flight demonstrations may be cancelled due to inclement weather.)

(WWII veteran participation made possible with help from 101st Airborne Living History Group and Honor Flight Long Island. Photos taken for AAM by award winning photographer Debbie Egan-Chin.)

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Future of Travel Being Reshaped by COVID, Climate Change: Less is More

BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM Responsible tourism means that travelers are sensitive to their impact –for good or bad - on the communities they visit. But with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, “responsible” tourism has taken on additional dimensions.

And if the pandemic shuts down tourism altogether? What then?

With travel and tourism accounting for one-sixth of the global economy and one out of 10 jobs, not to mention the benefits of bringing people together for mutual understanding and exchange of ideas, to reunite families and friends, and forge business connections, it is impossible to contemplate a world without travel. So the framework for travel and tourism must adapt, sustainably and responsibly.

Because of the self-selection aspect of sustainable, responsible tourism, intrepid travelers who most appreciate experiencing new places and cultures and feel most deprived by isolation, will likely be in the vanguard to return as soon as borders are open, bans are lifted. These travelers value travel experiences for their personal growth as well as the importance of engaging in mutual understanding and respect.

They appreciate a broadened, global perspective and the value they bring toward the preservation of heritage and conservation of environments.

Costs will necessarily be higher because of capacity limits and

Bike tours, with extra health protocols to meet today’s extraordinary challenge, check all the boxes for low-carbon, low-impact, uncrowded outdoors travel that brings you close to nature and local people while having low risk to infection. Wilderness Voyageurs’ Badlands & Black Hills trip has me biking to my cabin in the historic Blue Bell Lodge in Custer State Park, South Dakota where a buffalo casually visits © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com added costs of providing the health protocols, and because of the ways people will likely choose to travel to feel more comfortable and confident: in small, private, customized units, in private cars or rented RVs, in private lodges or villas, or small riverboats or yachts instead of cruiseships the size of floating cities. Even chartering small airplanes instead of flying commercial. Quality over quantity.

Moving into the post-pandemic world, there is also a sense, then, that “mass tourism” that has developed since the advent of the Jet Age of the 1960s – may be at least tempo-

rarily altered or halted.

Capacity limitations mean that people will have to do a lot more advance planning – getting advance purchase tickets, for example, to museums, exhibits, performances, attractions.

Fewer numbers will help the cause of sustainability and protecting fragile places from overtourism, while restoring vacation travel (once accompanied by the term, “once-ina-lifetime”) as a special, cherished experience. Bucket lists will be longer and take longer to fulfill. People will “travel slowly” – staying put in places.

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But sustainability means that destinations and must also innovate to address the new reality. For example, mountain and beach retreats are making a pitch to the emerging market of “digital nomads” – people who have the ability to leave their urban apartments and work or study virtually anywhere in the world. Lodges in the Catskills, Adirondacks, and Hamptons, for example, have positioned themselves to take advantage. Several Caribbean islands and Barbados are gearing up to accommodate these digital nomads, upgrading internet, especially as a new wave of coronavirus may make it less appealing to be locked down in Manhattan apartment than a beach resort.

There is more focus on luxury market – people who can afford the private lodges, chartered planes, private transfers, private guides and staff and venture into uncrowded or secluded spaces, and likely involve more forays into nature, the great outdoors, safe but wild places.

Trips will be fewer and farther between but longer, more intentional, more significant and more precious – family reunions, multigenerational safaris, or organized around important milestones, and be enriched with meaningful experiences.

So what can travelers look forward to?

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G O I N G P L A C E S, N E A R & F A R ....

Future of Travel Being Reshaped by COVID, Climate Change: Less is More Continued from previous page and whatever future ones lurk, so too can the travel and tourism infrastructure use this crisis to “build back” with climate change, sustainability and social responsibility in mind.

Destinations and hotels and resorts, attractions and sites are looking more to domestic, even drive-able markets, while at the same time, travelers are discovering how what is close at hand is as exotic and interesting as what is far and foreign. RV vacation packages, glamping, camping, national parks, biking and trips organized around small groups and outdoor and uncrowded places have been most popular.

Tour operators are already re-tooling to offer more private and customized itineraries, more off-the-beaten track destinations, more use of private lodges; they are guaranteeing safe protocols and giving incentives for booking 2021.

Airlines, meanwhile, are promoting the ventilation systems on par with hospitals, and lifting change and cancellation fees. Hotels and spas are using high-tech sanitizing systems.

Ski resorts are controlling capacity, giving priority to season pass holders (an incentive to buy); museums and attractions, also controlling capacity, are requiring advance-purchase timed-tickets, requiring travelers to be a lot more intentional in planning their itinerary.

The mega-cruise ships are likely to be most adversely affected – but because of the billions of dollars in investment, are unlikely to be drydocked but will likely have to adapt the most – finding a way to operate profitably while reducing occupancy, sailing to fewer ports but staying in ports longer, perhaps three days or so. They will be less likely to overwhelm fragile sites, like Petra in Jordan, where thou-

sands of cruise passengers from multiple mega-ships would descend at once during their brief stopover. The cruise ships will sail less, have fewer carbon emissions; and ports could limit how many can dock at any one time. On the other hand, small river boats, private yachts and canalboats will do well, just as Recreational Vehicle rentals have taken off in popularity.

Car rentals can accommodate the desire of responsible travelers to reduce their carbon footprint by offering electric vehicles, with hotels facilitating that transition by providing charging stations to cars and for e-bikes (common in Europe, now). Hotels can also model climate-focused strategies, in architecture, facilities, and operations so people can appreciate what a green roof is, what ozone-cleaned sheets and purified pools are like, how geothermal can heat and cool buildings and lowflow toilets and showers function, and

how single-use plastic can be eliminated from daily life.

CREST has produced a special edition of its annual report, The Case for Responsible Travel: Trends & Statistics 2020, which offers lessons from COVID19 for tourism in a changing climate.

The full report is available at responsibletravel.org. ________________________________ © 2020 Travel Features Syndicate, a division of Workstyles, Inc. All rights reserved.

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BY JEFF RUGG

Q: I use a rake to gather the leaves falling from my trees. I am getting older, and the raking is getting harder. My neighbors have more trees, and they use leaf blowers, but they are noisy. Is there a benefit to the lawn for either tool?

A: A leaf rake is great for small landscapes. They can pick up large leaves, but leaf rakes are not good for small leaves such as honeylocust leaflets.

Rakes damage grass plants by tearing off leaves, and they can uproot entire grass plants. This is especially true in shady lawns where grass plants don’t grow as well and have small root systems. Where are shady lawns? Under trees, of course.

Rakes don’t work as well as a leaf blower on paved surfaces such as driveways, patios and rooftops. Rakes don’t work as well as leaf blowers at removing leaves from the top of hedges or from evergreen branches. And finally, rakes don’t work as well as leaf blowers in tight areas like those between boulders, at the base of a fence or between boards on a deck.

There are a lot of leaf blowers on the market today. They can be battery-operated, electric or gas-powered and can be handheld or worn as a backpack.

A leaf blower will make landscape cleanup easier and noisier. Handheld electric leaf blowers are lighter and quieter than handheld gasoline-powered blowers and easier to start. They can handle leaves on driveways, decks and patios. Battery-powered blowers are more mobile, but are usually less powerful and need recharging, so keep spare batteries on hand. Gas powered backpack blowers can move much larger piles of leaves, run longer and aren’t restrict-

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ed to being near an electric outlet, but gas engines require more maintenance to keep them running.

Some blowers convert to vacuums, allowing you to collect light landscape debris, such as small twigs or leaves, in an attached bag. These small vacuums often grind the debris, simplifying disposal and creating mulch for use around the landscape. Be sure to wear a dust mask, because the bag allows a lot of dust to escape.

As the old Jim Croce song “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim” says: You don’t tug on Superman’s cape / And you don’t blow leaves into the wind.” Or was it, “You don’t spit into the wind”? Well, either way, the best way to blow leaves is with the wind. If necessary, you can use the sailboat technique of tacking into the wind by blowing the leaves diagonal into the wind, back and forth until you can get the leaves to where they need to go.

You should wear hearing protection no matter what kind of blower you will be operating. Wearing goggles and a dust mask are also a good idea.

What are you going to do with the leaves? If you use a vacuum that grinds them up, you can use them in landscape beds where they act as mulch over the winter and then decay to become part of the soil. They can also be mixed into compost piles. It doesn’t seem like a good idea to bag them and pay to send them away just to turn around in the spring and buy mulch or compost. Some cities will send crews to vacuum leaf piles from the curbside, and then the city mulches them.

To make it easier to gather the leaves, you can blow the leaves onto a tarp. The tarp can be drug to the curb or tipped into a disposal bag.

Q: I had to work from home this

summer, but I didn’t mind, because I found a new passion. I love watching the birds in my yard, especially those using the birdbath. I saw more different kinds there than at the bird feeder. It will be cold soon, and the bath will freeze. Is there something besides an expensive heater that can be used to keep the bath ice-free?

A: There are no chemicals that will keep the water from freezing that wouldn’t harm the birds and other animals that would drink the water.

Water is one of the best ways to attract birds to your yard. Not every bird will eat seeds at a feeder, but they all need water every day. During the winter, birds will eat snow if the water is frozen in lakes and streams. Many parts of the country have snowless cold spells that keep the daytime temperatures below freezing. If there is no snow to eat, the birds must find a sun-warmed rock that melts a little snow or ice.

When someone mentions a heated birdbath, many people picture the birds sitting in a spa with warm wisps of steam floating above their heads. Thankfully for our electric bills, that is not the case. Most de-icers are thermostatically controlled, so they do not run the whole time. They turn themselves on when the water is about to freeze and turn off when it is just a little bit warmer than ice -- not warm to the touch, just not frozen.

They often have another thermostat that turns them off when they come out of water so they do not run continuously and try to warm the air. The thermostat is not set for a high temperature, so if the air temperature is above freezing, the deicer probably isn’t even on.

You can purchase a birdbath that has the heater built in, or you can use a heat-

er that sits in the bottom of your existing birdbath. If the concrete or ceramic bath is saucer-shaped, you can use a heater.

But if the birdbath is flat on the bottom with straight, vertical sides, it can be damaged if the heater is off and the ice freezes.

It is easy to compare electrical energy costs for the various heated birdbaths.

Just check your electric bill for how much you pay for a kilowatt-hour. Let’s say the bill says it is 7 cents. A kilowatt is the same thing as 1,000 watts. A birdbath de-icer (or any electrical appliance) that says it uses 200 watts would use 20% of 1,000 watts. So, 20% of 7 cents is 1.4 cents.

So, that birdbath de-icer would cost less than one-and-a-half cents per hour to run if it ran for the whole hour. Some deicers use as little as 50 watts. They would have to run for about 10 hours to cost a quarter.

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For a special occasion, it’s dinner & a ghost tour

BY CLAIRE LYNCH Adjacent to Market Avenue which is right off of Covert Lane in Nassau County is a restaurant called the Woodland Manor. It is said to be the most haunted restaurant in New York State. The current owners think there is a reason for it.

Joe and Emily Wharton married in 1905 and in 1910 Joe bought the two-story Victorian house that had been built the prior year. Especially for Emily.

They raised four children together and in 1942 Joe died of natural causes. In the house.

Despite struggling financially, Emily kept living there. To make ends meet, she took in boarders and charged them $1 a night because only one bathroom was in the entire house.

Emily passed away in 1963 and after her estate was settled, new owners Kim and John Martin bought the house and updated it.

They removed a wall, added a large dining room and installed new pine flooring in the dining room. The pine boards came from Savannah, Ga., and the floors looked great. The ghosts didn’t like the changes, however, so they spoke out by increasing their paranormal activity.

It became a restaurant and that’s when a lot of people reported seeing the ghosts’ activity. Vases of flowers and trays of food were knocked to the floor. A man was spotted walking up the stairs.

Surveillance cameras showed

these things happening. Doors have creaked open in the middle of the night. It’s eerie.

Many patrons who have eaten their lunches and dinners there over the years have said it’s haunted. Waiters and waitresses have said the same thing. Windows fly open for no apparent reason. So do doors.

They have seen people walking across the room and seen an old man but then … he seems to disappear before their eyes.

We’d heard a lot about the Woodland Manor - its food and drinks always got good ratings plus I’d read restaurant reviews where the customers described the paranormal activity.

For my last birthday my dad invited the family to the Woodland Manor for dinner.

There’s a 6 p.m. dinner then a guided tour of the place starting at 7:30 p.m. My family and I had been to some murder mystery dinners before but never for anyone’s birthday and never to a place that had actual footage of paranormal activity.

Every time I thought about our upcoming dinner reservation I got chills up my spine because I had seen some of the unusual activity online. The owners posted footage of the actual events. Although I was scared, I wanted to witness that paranormal activity myself.

Unless I saw it with my own eyes, I would be skeptical.

We had seen “The Amityville Horror” the 1979 horror film with James Brolin, Margot Kidder and Rod Steiger many

times and driven past it, like many other curious tourists, on Halloween. That 5-bedroom, 3-bath Dutch colonial at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville built in 1927 had lots of activity going on there - and several owners, too.

Not many people wanted to stay after discovering its history. The house, with a swimming pool and a boathouse, was situated along a canal. On November 13, 1974, at night, 24-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. fatally shot the other six members of his family as they slept.

Neighbors heard the family dog barking into the night. But I digress.

We’d never had a tour of a real live haunted restaurant. Of course they must exist but we hadn’t been to one. Until that night last year. The dinner for the four of us, mom, dad, my sister, Susan, and I, was uneventful except that we’d never eaten there before. The steaks and fish were superbly cooked and we had our fill of vegetables and potatoes then dessert.

Susan and I kept looking at the large clock on the wall directly across from us. We couldn’t wait for the tour to start. Then suddenly it was 7:25 p.m. Gathering our things we followed Pierre, our guide.

Four other people joined our tour and we started on the second floor just above the dining room. Pierre gave us a quick synopsis: A dark fast shadow has been sighted several times passing by the upstairs bath-

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room into the front room. It’s been recently spotted going through the upstairs fireplace.

Several witnesses saw a face in the upstairs window when no one was there. In digital pictures, multiple faces appear.

There are sighing voices in the walls. Customers coming in say they swear they “feel” something upstairs. Some say there are two ghosts, a lady and a man. Others say there are more.

People report a strange feeling in the upstairs bathroom.

People have gotten locked in the bathroom. Equipment starts by itself. Unexplainable. In the dining room, ashtrays used to teeter on the edge of tables. They no longer have ashtrays, now the wine glasses just fall off the tables.

We went from room to room on the second floor. Pierre showed us the master bedroom then started to show us another bedroom. Glancing back, I saw a small child looking right at me. I screamed and the others

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in my group screamed. Pierre asked what happened and I described the child: waiflike, almost transparent. I blinked but that child was still down the hall. No one else saw her except me.

I caught my breath then headed to the third floor with Pierre leading the way upstairs.

In the small, cramped dormer I didn’t see any sights but I’d had my fill anyway. We were going to continue on to check out the porches but Susan and I begged off, hoping we’d see some wineglasses toppling off dining room tables or catch an old skipper from 100 years ago sauntering from his table to the doorway but we knew our imaginations were kicking into overdrive.

Our evening at the Woodland Manor was exciting. It was scary, unexpected and full of surprises - just as I’d wanted it to be!

This is a fictional work.

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Less for Others and More for Me

BY TOM MARGENAU

I get hundreds of letters from my readers every week. And from them, I can glean a lot of insight into some facets of the American character. One thing I’ve learned over the years is that many Americans claim they want smaller government and fewer benefits from that government.

But when I read their letters, what they are really saying is this: “I deserve the benefits I’m getting. In fact, I should get more. But THOSE PEOPLE over there sure don’t deserve anything!” I have space to fit two recent examples in today’s column.

Q: I am 83 years old, and I’m being cheated out of Social Security that I am rightfully due. I’ve been fuming about this for years. And now I’m even more upset because I have just returned from our church service and witnessed something that should shock all good Americans. I stood near enough to a couple and overheard them. The man was telling his wife something about not being able to make a car payment until he got his next Social Security check. What?? This guy was in his 50s!

And I am sure they are living here illegally! What is he doing with a Social Security check? That’s what’s wrong with this country. People like me who worked hard all our lives can’t get the benefits we deserve, but illegal aliens walk into a Social Security office and get money handed to them like candy!

Cut government spending in half and we wouldn’t have these problems!

A: Oh, my! I hardly know where to begin. Let me start with this obvious question. How in the world could you tell from just looking and listening to these people that they are living here illegally?

My guess is it has something to do with skin pigmentation and dialect. But I’ll just leave it at that.

I can tell you that it is a very common misconception that undocumented workers in this country can collect Social Security checks. Simply put: They do not.

You must be living in this country legally, and you must have worked and paid taxes for a minimum of 10 years to qualify for Social Security. Numerous studies have been done that show illegal immigration actually boosts Social Security’s bottom line. How? Because every year, those undocumented workers who somehow manage to get forged Social Security numbers and work “above the table” pump about $2 billion in taxes into the Social Security trust funds. And they never collect a dime in benefits.

So, why is this 50-year-old guy getting a Social Security check? Well, obviously, he must be getting disability benefits. And to repeat, he wouldn’t be getting those checks if he were living here illegally. Also, before you jump on another soapbox and tell me that anyone can get Social Security disability checks, I suggest you go back and read a column I wrote a couple of weeks ago in which I explained how difficult it is

to qualify for those benefits. Anyone who truly knows the facts will tell you that, of all the disability programs in this country, Social Security is the most difficult one to qualify for, and it has the most stringent eligibility criteria.

In other words, it is extremely likely that this guy is getting the Social Security benefits he deserves. And by the same token, it is also extremely likely that you are getting the benefits that you deserve.

You said you’ve “been fuming about (your benefit amount) for years.” But instead of fuming, did you ever do anything about it?

If you thought you were being paid incorrectly, the time to do something about that was when your benefits first started. So, 20 or so years ago, you could have filed an appeal of your benefit calculation providing evidence of why you thought the amount was wrong.

I will bet my next Social Security check that you never did that. And I will bet my next two checks that the amount you are getting is entirely correct. So, I suggest you stop fuming, stop pointing fingers at your fellow churchgoers and get on with your life.

Q: I’m a retired teacher. Because of an unfair law, I can’t get any spousal benefits on my husband’s Social Security record, even though he spent over 40 years paying taxes into this rip-off system. But I know women who haven’t worked a day in their lives, and they are getting their husband’s Social Security. My husband and I worked hard all our lives, and I deserve to get his benefits. These women who never earned a paycheck in their lives don’t deserve a dime. No wonder the government is so corrupt! Please write about this and help correct this injustice!

A: Well, I’m going to write about it.

But I don’t think you will like what I have to say. The law you are talking about is called the “government pension offset,” or the GPO. And what this law does is make sure you are being treated in the same way all other Social Security beneficiaries have always been treated.

What you have to understand is that Social Security spousal benefits are “dependent” benefits. Just as breadwinners supported their dependent family members while they were working, it was felt that Social Security should support certain of those dependents (almost always a spouse) once the worker retires.

Let’s say Sam was working and his wife, Sally, was a stay-at-home mom most of their marriage. When Sam retires, he will get his Social Security check, and Sally will get a dependent spouse’s benefit on his record.

Next door to Sam and Sally, we have Frank and Fran. They both worked, and they both paid into Social Security. Frank will get his Social Security retirement check, and Fran will get her Social Security retirement check. Fran will not get any spousal benefits from Frank because her

own Social Security benefit offsets any potential wives benefits she might be due. To put that another way, Sally can’t get spousal benefits because she was not Frank’s “dependent.”

Let’s say you and your husband are living next door to Frank and Fran. Your husband paid into Social Security and now gets a Social Security retirement check. You paid into a teacher’s pension system, and you get a teacher’s retirement check. Before the government pension offset law came along, you would have also been able to get a “dependent” spousal benefit from your husband’s Social Security -- even though you were working, had your own income and now have your own

retirement pension. The GPO law merely says that your teacher’s retirement pension will offset any spousal benefits you might be due, just as Fran’s Social Security retirement pension offsets the spousal benefits she might normally be due.

Now, if you want to complain because you think stay-at-home women like Sally “don’t deserve a dime,” well, I’ll stay out of that argument. But I can tell you they are getting what the law says they are due, and it has nothing to do with a “corrupt government.”

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net. .

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BY PHILIP A. RAICES

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ell, we are now in the last quarter of what I think and believe to be, the most tumultuous, divisive, sad, tragic, crazy, and most insanely ridiculous year and moment in time in our country’s 244+ year history. For several reasons, I will not elaborate in this column, all my personal reasons and thoughts about why this is and why it shouldn’t have been, so I can stay apolitical and non-partisan for the purposes of not going there at this point in time. Maybe after the election that is coming up where I am the chair of the Russell Gardens election location, I just might expose how I feel and have felt all along. But if you really are curious and want to know the absolute, factually checked, transparent and candid reasons and truths to our current dilemma, then reach out to me at any time and I will be more than happy, ecstatic, and overjoyed (and sad) to provide you not only my personal opinion but what really and actually was and is currently going on out here and there within our country!

As far as the pulse of the market, it’s still zooming ahead strong as heck for homes due to 3.7 months availability right now (normally it’s 6-7 months), the lowest on record, and still the lowest interest rates in 50 plus years. However, there are segments of our market that are a bit softer as is the Condo and coop are. The reasons behind why the majority of those current expatriates (400,000 plus and counting) who have fled Manhattan and other major cities to other destinations east, north, south, and west are that they are more interested and inclined to purchase homes, than condos and coops that they resided in. They’ve already had their experiences with the population density and congestion issues of city life and the Covid-19 pandemic has “broker the camels back”

and was the “final” and last straw and now their mindset has drastically been altered and they now have yearned for more greener pastures in the burbs, providing more space, privacy, quiet, and relaxing surroundings, and just a much safer, healthier, and happier environment. Oh yes, come to think of it, and extremely important and most critical in their decision making are the quality highly ranked schools which are paid by and included in their real estate taxes without the extra cost of those expensive private entities in the cities. So everything looks “peachy keen” now, right? But I still wouldn’t throw caution out the window or to the wind but I would be very cognizant of everyday events and happenings around the Globe. As I see it, some sudden recent moves in the stock market, which could be a precursor to what the future might hold coming down the line and as they say “October can sometimes be a very challenging and unsettling month before a Presidential election, so be very careful!

I do see some potential storm clouds on the horizon, but I am not saying that I am a perfect predictor of future events, or 100% (maybe 99.9%, lol) accurate or close to the famous prognostication if you believe in Nostradamus. But my crystal ball says to be careful and cautious in why, how, what, and where, you will be purchasing whether it be a home, HOA, Condo, Coop, investment property, or even a residential rental.

Do your homework by analyzing the most current statistics as well as the multitude of variables including your budget, mortgage costs, which are the most crucial items to consider right off

the bat, the monthly costs, R.O.I. (return on investment), location, school district, potential rental income in this catastrophic and deadly Covid-19 pandemic environment that we are currently experiencing.

Moreover and in addition to the cost of repairs, potential environmental issues, and making the assumption that you might be doing all this on your own or making the right decision to engage, interview and hire a knowledgeable, professional Broker to handle all the details then and only then will you be much more properly prepared to move ahead (or sometimes I say, “go to war” and to have the necessary knowledge and important and critical tools to determine what makes sense or not, (however, common sense isn’t generally common anymore!) with the purchase of your home, HOA, condo, coop, and even rental or commercial properties. The future can be extremely bright or dismal and slippery and it will primarily all depend upon which side of the fence you are currently situated on and what your priorities are at the moment and will be going forward. Everyone really does have choices but the benefits and spoils will always go to those who learn what to do or more important hiring the best Real Estate Broker that you can find to undertake the job and who will take the proper steps down the correct and right path and do the right thing, are candid, straight forward, truthful, transparent, logical and pragmatic and doesn’t take shortcuts. By studying Real Estate Brokers as well as other professionals in their specific fields of expertise and endeavors there is a certain pattern of behavior and by observing, listening, then learning, absorbing, practicing,

and applying and doing the required and important homework you will most always and likely minimize your downside and maximize your upside!

Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has 38 years experience in the Real Estate industry and has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (G.R.I.) and also as a Certified International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S.). He will provide you with “free” regular updates of sold and new homes in your town via the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island (MLSLI) or go to http://WWW. Li-RealEstate.Com and you can “do it yourself (DYI) and search on your own.

For a “FREE” `15 minute consultation, as well as well as a “FREE printout or digital value analysis of what your home might sell for in today’s tumultuous Covid-19 pandemic market without any obligation or “strings” attached. He can also provide a copy of “Unlocking the Secrets of Real Estate’s New Market Reality, and our Seller’s and Buyer’s Guides for “Things to Consider when Selling, investing or Purchasing your Home.

You can email or snail mail (regular mail) him with your request or ideas, suggestions or interview you for a specific topic and a Q & A for a future column with your name, email and cell number. He will email or call you back and respond to your request ASAP as long as he has your complete name, cell, email and/or full home or business address. Again, for a “FREE” 15 minute consultation, he can also be reached by cell @ (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@ TurnKeyRealEstate.Com or to answer any of your questions and concerns in selling, investing, purchasing, or leasing residential or commercial properties.

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E V E R Y D A Y C H E A P S K A T E

BY MARY HUNT

Readers Share Creative Holiday Tips and Tricks

MAKE MEMORIES Once Christmas is over for another year, I scrapbook all the photos and handmade cards we receive. It’s great to look back at all of our friends and relatives over the years as they grow. So much creativity goes into some of these cards. The scrapbook is with all of my other photo albums, so I don’t have to wait until the Christmas decorations come out of storage to see them. -- Vicky CANNED BOWS I use the large Christmas popcorn tins (cleaned and dried) to store my Christmas bows. I use one for red, anoth-

er for green and the other two for gold and mixed colors. I can stack them in storage, and my bows stay new-looking all year. I reuse these bows for several years. -- Gwen

TREE SKIRT I purchased a round Christmas tablecloth at the local thrift store for 25 cents.

I laundered it and have been using it for the past three years as a tree skirt. It is large enough that I just fold it in half and wrap it around the tree holder, meeting in the back. It is reusable, beautiful and easy to clean. -- Darlene GREEN BAG FILLER It was Christmas Eve, and I was fran-

tic to finish wrapping gifts. I used a lot of gift bags but had run out of tissue. Then I remembered all the Kohl’s and JCPenney ads that had run in the newspapers.

They were all the right colors: red, green and white. I ran them through my paper shredder and I had free filler for my gift bags. My recipients were very impressed with my “green” wrapping. -- Jo

ORNAMENT STORAGE I have lots of small, breakable ornaments that I’ve collected over the years.

They easily get lost in tissue and the commercial ornament boxes are too large and bulky. A friend gave me a great idea: egg cartons. I save my egg cartons and put the ornaments in each cup of the car-

ton. They stack nicely in my Christmas storage boxes with my other decorations.

-- Betty

FAMILY TREASURE My sister-in-law is creating a cookbook for Christmas this year. She’s asked everyone in the family to submit five dessert recipes. Next year, it will be a different category. She is compiling the cookbook this year and will only need to print out the new recipes each year in the future. -- Tracy Mary Hunt is the founder of EverydayCheapskate.com, a lifestyle blog, and the author of the book “Debt-Proof Living.”

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Members of the Bethpage Fire Department visited Kramer Lane Elementary School in the Bethpage School District to teach fire safety to kindergarten students on Oct. 22. The firefighters taught students what to do if there is a fire and how to create a fire safety plan with their families. The students were then able to get a closeup tour of the firetruck, stopping to learn about specific aspects along the way.

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Kindergarten students at Kramer Lane Elementary School in the Bethpage School District were able to get up close to a fire truck during an educational visit from the Bethpage Fire Department on Oct. 22.

Bethpage Fire Department firefighter Bill Zura educated kindergarten students at Kramer Lane Elementary School in the Bethpage School District about fire safety on Oct. 22.

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